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Is Now the Time to Raise Livestock?
Bruce A. Babcock
Center for Agricultural and Rural DevelopmentIowa State University
Presented at “Farming Matters: An Iowa Crop and Livestock Forum.” Amana Colonies, IA March 28, 2006
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Iowa Cattle Marketed
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Iowa Milking Cows
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Iowa Sow Inventory
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Iowa Feeder Pig Production: 1989 to 2005
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Iowa Hog Inventory
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Iowa Turkey Production
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Iowa Egg Production
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Iowa Corn Production
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Iowa Soybean Production
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Iowa DDG Production
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Snapshot of where we are
• Iowa remains the place to buy low-cost feed• Iowa finishing hog numbers are up, egg
production is up– All other livestock activities are flat to declining
• Increased corn use from ethanol offset somewhat by increased byproduct availability
• Total feed availability likely still increasing notwithstanding the ethanol boom
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One Path for Iowa Agriculture
• Adopt livestock-friendly policies:– Confined dairy and beef production increases
dramatically– Share of U.S. and Canadian feeder pigs finished in
Iowa continues to increase– Broiler production migrates back to Iowa– Rural populations reverse decline– Agriculture’s share of state product increases– Iowa becomes home to greater immigrant population– Iowa becomes home to greater PhD population– Iowa imports of fertilizer decline dramatically
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A Second Path for Iowa Agriculture
• Iowa clamps down in siting new livestock facilities and adopts weaker nuisance protection – Dairy and beef production continue decline – Share of hog finishing declines slowly– Acceleration of trend towards urbanization– Rural populations continue to decline (Iowa
becomes older and whiter)– Recreational opportunities (scenery, hunting,
and agro-tourism) increase for some.
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What About Ethanol and Biodiesel?
• A Holy Grail?– Excess demand for corn and soybean oil– Feed supply from byproducts– No more need for Federal farm subsidies– No need to worry about trade ageements or
export cutoffs (Japan and beef)– Patriotic– Value-added agriculture (jobs, income,
investment, state revenue)
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Are Corn and Soybean Oil the Long-Run Least Cost Feedstocks?
• Renessen– Corn oil instead of soy oil?
• Ethanol from cellulose– Take low value land and create high value
feedstock
• Synthetic fuels from oils sands and waste products?
• Ethanol imports from Brazil?
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All Eggs in the Biofuels Basket?
• What would happen to corn demand if cellulose became low-cost ethanol feedstock?
• Would Congress grant corn ethanol special treatment?
• Livestock feed demand will continue to grow as China and India demand more protein.
• Food will out-compete fuel if necessary.
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Iowa Ag History in One Slide
• Income from livestock vs crops• Now a separation
– Technology-induced economies of scale– Finishing vs breeding– Specialization increases labor efficiency– Farm programs/crop insurance took the risk
out of crop farming
• Crop farmers that are also livestock producers are rare (% of production)
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New Competitive Advantage?
• Land rent $125 - $175 per acre
• Value of manure between $40 (corn-soybean) and $72 (corn-corn)
• Will incentive create new diversified producers?– With some exceptions, cannot rewind history
• Will incentive create siting invitations from crop producers?
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Animal Spaces Needed to Fertilizer a Section
Crop Rotation Finishing Hogs Fed Cattle
Continuous Corn
N-Standard 5,734 1,213
P-Standard 2,731 651
Corn-Corn-Beans
N-Standard 3,186 674
P-Standard 2,412 575
Corn-Beans
N-Standard 1,911 404
P-Standard 2,275 542
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Sioux County Example
• Assumptions– 660 Sections of crop land– Under a corn-corn-bean rotation, 430 sections
fertilized with hogs, 230 sections with cattle– Phosphorus standard– 2.45 turns for hogs and 2 turns for cattle
Capacity to use manure from 2.5 million hogs and 264,000 fed cattle
In 2003, 2.5 million hogs and 228,000 cattle generate manure worth $17 million
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Potential Manure Use in Iowa
• Assumptions– 36,000 sections of corn and soybeans– Corn-corn-soybean rotation, P standard
• Requirements– 104 million hogs– 21.1 fed cattle
• In 2004, the United States produced 104 million fed hogs and 26 million fed cattle
• Iowa would still have to import N, but would produce enough corn and soybeans to feed all U.S. hogs and beef cattle
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AFOs in Hamilton and Hardin Counties
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Zooming in High Density Location
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AFO Density in Pocahontas County
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Realistic?
• No, unless:– Iowa imports 150 million bu of corn to produce
1.62 billion gallons of existing or planned ethanol capacity
– County residents leave, or– County residents have a stake in livestock
production
• Is $60 per acre to crop farmers enough of an incentive?
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Some calculations
• $60 per acre times 600 acres = $36,000• Livestock facilities may decrease property
values by perhaps 15% if ½ mile away (Secchi, Herriges, and Babcock)
• $36,000 annual value from manure can compensate for damage from a $1.6 million home at a discount rate of 15%
• How many rural residents does it take to generate $1.6 million in property damage?
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Two Paths to More Livestock
• Brute-force– Deny any environmental damage– Characterize all anti-livestock groups as ICCI-
crazies– Preempt all local control– Create legal immunity from nuisance lawsuits
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An Alternative
• Seek to neutralize opponents or make them better off– Strict runoff controls– More measures of odor levels and damage– Compensation to affected residents– Adoption of first-in-time first-in-right rules – Obtain buy-in from greater rural populations– Explore creative land use policies (zoning?)
that increase siting certainty
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How to Achieve?
• Requires visionary leadership– Farm groups– Political parties– Livestock opponents– Rural residents